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							<title><![CDATA[Psychology, Not Just Technology for Airport Security]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama is correct when he says that a "systemic failure" in security allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to get on a Detroit-bound airliner intent on blowing it up.  Better inter-agency coordination and intelligence sharing might have kept the young Nigerian terrorist from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Success in Afghanistan Will Require Commitment for the Long Haul]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/30/success_in_afghanistan_will_require_commitment_for_the_long_haul_99335.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will announce his long-awaited Afghanistan strategy in a prime time address Tuesday night.  Much of the speculation and debate thus far has focused on the number of troops the commander-in-chief will dispatch to Afghanistan.  However, no strategy-- regardless of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Middle East Holds Breath Over Iran's Nuke Potential]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/09/middle_east_holds_breath_over_irans_nuke_potential_98641.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A nuclear Iran is dangerous, but don't jump to conclusions.
Startling progress has been achieved in the past few weeks concerning Iran's nuclear program. A tough stance by the international community, led by the United States, has apparently convinced Iran to open its previously secret...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama on the International Stage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/25/obama_on_the_international_stage_98676.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama made his true international debut this week, with speeches and meetings at the United Nations, a summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and the hosting of the G-20 conference in Pittsburgh. Obama's earlier international tours offered inspiring rhetoric and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Patient's Perspective on the Health Care Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/31/a_patients_perspective_on_the_health_care_debate_97717.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the last few weeks, as the debate over healthcare has raged across the country, I involuntarily became a full participant in the healthcare system.  My personal experiences have given me a new appreciation for the importance of having health insurance--and for the complexity of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Talk Show Party]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/02/the_talk_show_party_96787.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican Party is in trouble, and it's not Colin Powell's fault.
The Republican Party was once home to a broad swath of Americans who were united by their belief in limited government, personal responsibility, and a strong national defense.  The Grand Old Party in the days of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Even If It Works, US Shouldn't Torture]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/04/23/even_if_it_works_us_shouldnt_torture_96140.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are three aspects to the debate over torture, two empirical and one normative, or moral.  Empirically, does torture work? Can accurate, worthwhile information be extracted through torture?  This question is hotly debated, but many current and former military personnel-including...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Israel's New Government: What a Difference Three Years Makes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/03/israels_new_government_what_a.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On March 28, 2006, Israelis went to the polls to elect the 17th Knesset and put a new centrist party, Kadima, into power.  Three years later, the government that will lead the 18th Knesset is finally taking shape.  The differences between the new government and the previous one are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[US Lessons for Israel's Unconventional War]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/us_lessons_for_israels_unconve.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Israeli-Palestinian conflict defies easy categorization. It bears some resemblance to a conventional inter-state war, even though there is no sovereign Palestinian state. Yet in many ways it is more akin to a civil war, with two sides fighting over a single piece of territory,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Middle East Waits for Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/12/the_middle_east_waits_for_obam.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With much of the world's attention focused on the economic crisis and now the terrorist attacks in India, a noteworthy anniversary has passed. On November 27, 2007, President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice convened an international peace conference in Annapolis,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Debating the Debate With College Students]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/debating_the_debate_with_colle.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A lot of attention is being paid to the youth vote in this election.  Will the 18-24-year olds turn out in higher numbers this time than in past elections, and will they vote overwhelmingly for Obama as predicted by many pundits?  Are the pollsters accurately capturing their opinions and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama and the Jewish Vote]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/obama_and_the_jewish_vote.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Pierre Atlas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In order to win the "Jewish vote," candidates often try to out-trump each other in demonstrating their support for Israel.  The media play into this game, as many journalists and pundits tend to assume, along with politicians, that American Jewish opinion is monolithic (and uniformly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Secularism Vs Democracy in Turkey]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/secularism_vs_democracy_in_tur.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Should Stay In, But Only If She Drops Attacks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/clinton_should_run_positive_ca.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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